Second internal drive missing after 10.4.11 update

After gathering dust for some time I've decided up update the OS on an old B/W GS so it is compatible with my ISP. I have 2 internal drives and one external firewire. During the install I saw the second internal drive (which was the former boot volume running 10.2.X) in the list of available drive for install. But after the OS update the second internal drive is MIA. I believe it shows up in the System Profiler report (but with the I'm not sure one is not the Firewire). Any ideas?

I checked the connection and settings are they are according to the manufacturer's recommendations. Upon opening the Mac I saw (then remembered) that the second drive was connected via a Sonnet PCI card. I believe the problem is that the firmware for that card needs updated.
To reinforce that opinion, I've discovered that the drive still appears when booting in 9 and 10.2.x. It's very likely a 10.4. thing.

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